Hi guys, I came across PD because I wanted to expand what my Behringer FCB1010 can do for my guitar setup. I've modded it with the Uno Chip (even installed the AC to DC phantom power converter). I just want a little bit more functionality from it:

Is this possible: Set the FCB1010 back to basics, sending program change 1 for patch number 1, 2 for 2 etc.

Set up a program change map, preferably in something like excel, that PD then reads and performs certain actions as a result, pc messages, cc etc.

Some examples of what I'd like are using the note on/off feature of the FCB1010, again with a map set up so one note message could trigger 3-4 notes on another device (maybe bass and strings on a sequencer).

Also could I set the expression pedal so that when the cc message reads 127, PD then turns on an effect using cc, kind of like how a real wah would work. Could this be set to alternate each time 127 is reached?

Finally, what kind of hardware could sit alongside the FCB1010 in a live situation and process all this, and is there any latency involved? Are there finite limits to the amount of MIDI data you can send at once?

Thanks.

Hi,

i have the same pedal and i would recommend you use an abstraction written in pd to translate the FCB1010 MIDI Signals into other MIDI Signals you specify in that abstration and use the MIDI Out of your MIDI<->PC Device to trigger other devices. Imho it is simpler to set up a patch instead of using something like an external file. I guess it would be the fastest approch, but maybe there are already some extensions for reading tables from files.

Maybe this could be a start, although i find the patch quite confusing it works:
http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-7517-help-midi-routing-fcb1010-sampletrigger-line-pocketpod

You could use this for the expression pedals

[ctlin 27]
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[sel 127]
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[o] |
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[X]
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Regarding the last questions the answer is a bit compilcated, since pd runs on many things and i don't know the exact MIDI Specs.

check this out:
http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-7517-help-midi-routing-fcb1010-sampletrigger-line-pocketpod

Thanks for the advice. This software seems endless in possibilities. I guess it helps that you can build things up modularly.